About Ban Chhabar Village

Ban Chhabar is a small village in Dera Gopipur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 286, made up of 135 males and 151 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,119 females per 1000 males. The village covers 215.12 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176028, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ban Chhabar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ban Chhabar village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Dera Gopipur
Pincode	176028
Area (hectares)	215.12 hectares
Population	286
Male Population	135
Female Population	151
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,119
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ban Chhabar compares

By the 2011 count Ban Chhabar is the 137th largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 416 residents. Its 215.12 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1082.

Getting to Ban Chhabar

Ban Chhabar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Ban Chhabar as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Ban Chhabar from other places

Ban Chhabar lies about 18 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Jawalamukhi Road, about 12 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Ban Chhabar
Tehsil headquarters	Dera Gopipur	11 km
Nearest railway station	Jawalamukhi Road	12 km
District headquarters	Kangra	18 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	32 km

Villages closest to Ban Chhabar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dera Gopipur tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Ban Chhabar

As per the Census of India 2011, Ban Chhabar village had a population of 286. That makes it the 137th largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 416 residents.

Ban Chhabar village has 135 males and 151 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ban Chhabar has about 1119 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1082.

The pincode recorded for Ban Chhabar is 176028. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ban Chhabar covers 215.12 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Ban Chhabar falls under Dera Gopipur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Ban Chhabar is Jawalamukhi Road, about 12 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Ban Chhabar.

Ban Chhabar is about 18 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ban Chhabar is in Dera Gopipur tehsil of Kangra district. Dera Gopipur is about 11 km away. Jawalamukhi Road is about 12 km away. Kangra is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.